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Part of body of potentially mean bod (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abdomen

'part of body' is the definition.
('abdomen' is part of 'body')

'potentially mean bod' is the wordplay.
'potentially' indicates an anagram (letters have the potential to spell a new word).
'mean'+'bod'='meanbod'
'meanbod' with letters rearranged gives 'ABDOMEN'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for abdomen that I've seen before include "Midriff" , "A main part of the body" , "Region of the body between the thorax and pelvis" , "pot" , "Central part of the body" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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